BUFI Science Festival 2014 | Brochure & Programme

BUFI Science Festival 2014

Programme16 June 2014

De La Beche Conference Facility,

Environmental Science Centre, British Geological Survey,

Keyworth, Nottingham

BUFI

A doctorate with a difference

Front CoverBUFI student (Leah Nolan) examining Carboniferous brachiopods in Lathkill Dale, Derbyshire, UK.

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Contents

Meet the BUFI team ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 2

Foreword ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3

Programme .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4

Guest Speaker - Professor Iain Stewart ............................................................................................................................................. 5

Judges and prizes ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 5

Presenters ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 6

Floor plan ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7

Current BUFI research projects ............................................................................................................................................................... 8

Recent publications by BUFI students .............................................................................................................................................. 11

Recently completed PhDs ........................................................................................................................................................................ 16

GeoBlogy ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 17

BGS and NERC Doctoral Training Partnerships ...........................................................................................................................18

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Meet the BUFI team

Mike Stephenson Director of Science and Technology, BGS

Jon Naden Manager BGS University Funding Initiative (BUFI)

Ellie Evans BUFI Communications

Ann Evans BUFI Administration


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ForewordFirst, thank you for supporting the BGS University Funding Initiative (BUFI) Science Festival, and if you’ve volunteered to be a presenter or a judge, thank you for giving up your time to take on the task — it’s much appreciated.

The BGS, in collaboration with university partners, takes great pride in being one of the UK’s largest providers of postgraduate research training in the applied Earth sciences. We currently disburse £250 000 per year and each year BGS staff spend around six man-years in the training and supervising of over 80 doctoral researchers.

Recently, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) has changed the way it funds and delivers PhD training. It is now provided by doctoral training partnerships (DTPs); these are clusters of excellence providing world-class PhD training and offer studentships in all areas of the NERC science remit. During the last year the BGS has been actively involved in developing eight of these training collaborations (see table at back). The DTPs that BGS are involved with encompass alliances between twenty-five universities and range of nationally and internationally renowned research organisations such as the British Antarctic Survey, the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, the Met Office, the Natural History Museum, Rothamsted Research and Plymouth Marine Laboratory. The key feature of the new NERC PhD landscape is the cohort concept where, in addition to doing the research for their PhD project, students undertake a programme of directed environmental science training with their peers. This includes a range of activities such as master classes from world-leading scientists, summer schools and short placements with industrial partners and government organisations. The BGS are looking forward to this new venture and the key role we can play in developing the next generation of geoscientists. The BGS will be involved in twenty new DTP PhD studentships. To give the new cohort a taste of doing their research with us, we have invited them to Science Festival and the post-festival training taster days ahead of them officially starting their PhD. We welcome them to the BGS and hope they enjoy the event.

Our current, research topics are broad. Pure geology, such as faulting in NE Ireland, UK Precambrian geology and palaeontology are still important. However, the majority of the Earth science research training we do faces towards interdisciplinary applied environmental science. Sustainable energy and natural resources are an important aspect of the portfolio and we have a number of projects looking at shale gas, CO2 sequestration and exploring for the rare metals required for the magnets of wind turbines.

Other significant areas are geophysics, pollution, groundwater and medical geology. Here there are researchers looking at using earthquakes to probe the deep crustal structure that underlies the UK, geogenic arsenic in the EU, the geomicrobiology of hyperalkaline fluids and the metabolism of phosphorus in groundwater. We have a number of climate change projects and these focus on recent sea level changes in the Thames Estuary and geological controls on the Earth’s thermostat along with ocean evolution in the Neogene. Research into volcanism and other natural hazards continues to be popular, but we are also branching out to investigate social impacts of natural disasters and resource use.

A list of current projects, some recently completed PhDs and publications by the current and past students are given at the back of this brochure. Today is an event that gives the PhD researchers we sponsor the opportunity to present their science to a range of stakeholders and interact with researchers from outside of their area of expertise. Though the work they do is of the highest quality, the festival is not just about the science it is also about communicating their research to non-specialists. So, whatever your background we hope there will be an opportunity for both the presenters and audience to learn. For the first time this year we are pleased to welcome lower sixth form students to act as judges. Year 12 students from South Wolds, Keyworth and Melton Vale Post 16 Centre, Melton Mowbray will work in teams to judge the poster presentations with a new prize category for them.

We know that people are busy, so to allow the maximum number of people to attend the festival at a time that suits them, the format of the day is poster presentations. The presenters are expected to have prepared short introductions to their research, so make sure you quiz them to get the most out of the festival.

After lunch at 2.00 pm, our guest speaker, Professor Iain Stewart from Plymouth University and a well-known presenter of a number of television science programmes, will give a talk on ‘Communicating your Science’. The talk will be followed by the prize ceremony for the best presentations — this will be at 3.00 pm in the De La Beche Lecture Theatre and everyone is welcome to attend.We hope you have an excellent day.


BGS BUFI Science Festival, Monday 16 June 2014De La Beche Conference Suite, Keyworth

09.45 am Judges arrive and briefing in De La Beche Lecture theatre

10.00 am Welcome by Kate Royse, BGS Science Director of Environmental Modelling and BUFI presentation by Jon Naden, BUFI Manager

10.30 am Poster and engagement judging begins

12.45 pm Buffet lunch available in Exhibition Area

1.00 pm Deadline for Judges votes

2.00 pm Guest speaker Professor Iain Stewart ‘Communicating your Science’

2.45 pm Presentations and prize giving by Iain Stewart and Kate Royse

3.30 pm Close

Programme


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Guest Speaker — Professor Iain StewartIain Stewart, professor of Geoscience Communication at Plymouth University, is an Earth scientist and broadcaster who specialises in recent geological change. After studying Geography and Geology at Strathclyde University (1986), and completing a PhD in earthquake geology at Bristol University (1990), he taught Earth Science at Brunel University until 2002. He then left to develop television projects and in the last decade or so has presented major television series for the BBC on the nature, history and state of the planet. Among these are ‘Earth: The Power of the Planet’, ‘Earth: The Climate Wars’, ‘How Earth Made Us’, ‘How To Grow A Planet’, ‘Volcano Live’, and ‘Rise of the Continents’. He regularly fronts BBC Horizon specials on geoscientific topics (Japanese earthquake, the Russian meteor strike, Shale gas/Fracking, Florida sinkholes). In 2013 he was recognised with an MBE for geoscience communication in the Birthday Honours List and awarded the American Geophysical Union’s Athelstan Spilhaus Award for conveying to the general public the excitement, significance, and beauty of the Earth and space sciences. He is currently President of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society.

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Judges and prizesThe Best Overall Poster Presentation Prize – £200This category is judged by volunteers of BGS staff and other guests. Staff from both scientific and non-scientific areas attend a judges briefing and have to mark each poster presentation based on set criteria. Each judge marks four poster presentations, but the presenters are not aware of who is judging them.

BGS Staff Prize Prize – £100Throughout the morning of poster presentations all remaining BGS staff at the Keyworth headquarters are invited to come along and view the posters and engage with the presenters. They vote for their favourite Poster Presentation.

BUFI Students Peer Prize – £75The BUFI students vote for their favourite.

Sixth Form Students Prize – £75New for 2014 we have introduced a new category with sixth form students acting as judges. We are delighted to welcome Year 12 students from South Wolds, Keyworth and King Edward VII, Melton Mowbray. They will work in teams to judge posters using the same judging criteria as the BGS Staff in the Best Overall Poster category.

Highly Commended Prize – £50This is an opportunity for the judges to nominate an additional poster presentation for a prize outside their allocated posters.


Stand Number

Student Name Poster Title University

1 Wil Ward Vision beneath the ground Nottingham

2 Peter Scott Carbon capture and storage: what do natural CO2 accumulations tell us? Cambridge

3 Maria Peppa UAV-based approach for landslide monitoring Newcastle

4 Daniel Middleton Urinary arsenic concentrations of a population of private water supply users: Cornwall, SW England

Manchester

5 Kieran Blacker Evaluating 3D sedimentary architecture as a fundamental control on geotechnical and physical properties (Dogger Bank Round 3 Windfarm Zone)

Leicester

6 Wil Knight Networked-openings: Public perceptions of UK shale gas development Nottingham

7 Charlie Randle Uncertainty in expert interpretation of cross sections and its propagation into 3D framework models

Aberdeen

8 Lee Chambers Tracing pollution and seawater intrusion in groundwater systems of the Pearl River Basin (PRB), China

Lancaster

9 Edward Joy Dietary mineral supplies in Malawi Nottingham

10 Sarah Smith Impacts of alkaliphilic microorganisms on fluid transport in sandstone; relevance to Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) processes

Manchester

11 Millie Basava-Reddi Stable isotope tracing of methane sources in UK groundwater Bristol

12 Leah Nolan Using brachiopod calcite to understand the Carboniferous seasonal climate cycles Leicester

13 Ceri Davies Tracing freshwater phosphate — issues with organic contamination Lancaster

14 Fiona Walker Rereading the fossil record: is sampling a problem? Bristol

15 Jon Stubberfield Gardening in the city: What’s the risk? Nottingham

16 Laurence Cowton Monitoring Underground CO2 storage at the Sleipner Field Cambridge

17 Damiano Weitowitz The impact of groundwater invertebrates on microbial biofilms Roehampton

18 Diriba Kumssa Dietary calcium and zinc inadequacy risk in Africa and Southeast Asia Nottingham

19 Jack H Lacey Super Eruptions: How lake sediments can help us understand the climatic and environmental impacts of major volcanic events

Leicester

20 Jenny Roberts 20 000 years under the sea: Using benthic foraminifera to study ocean mixing at the Last Glacial Maximum

Cambridge

21 Nick Wiggan The explosive evolution of plankton during the Jurassic: a little 'Big Bang'? Cambridge

22 Helena Stewart Peat’s secret archive: Reconstructing the North Atlantic storm frequency and volcanic eruption history of the past 10 000 years

Stirling

23 Charlotte Kenchington Bringing the past to life: reconstructing 560 million-year-old fossils Cambridge

24 Stuart Turner Remote sensing of young impact craters on Mars: Searching for past habitable environments

Leicester

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BUFI Science Festival 2014Plan of reception with poster positions

Reception and Shop

Ground Floor

ReceptionDesk

Entrance

Lift

Voting box

Toilets

Geological Walk

Waterfountain

ExhibitionHall

ReceptionOffice

Strongroom

Boardroom

Office

3DGeoVisionary

Suite

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Project Title Student Name

BGS Supervisor

University Supervisor

Climate and Landscape ChangeThe impact of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum on the distribution of sediments in the Central North Sea

Rachel Jamieson Mike Stephenson John Underhill, University of Edinburgh, School of GeoSciences

Quantification of the impact of climate change on landscape evolution as mediated by plant community dynamics

Sarah-Jane Phelan Mike Ellis Richard Jones, University of Exeter, Geography

The role of the erosion of continental biomass on the Earth’s thermostat Jo Smith Andy Tye, Chris Vane A Galy, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences

The role of the North Atlantic Oscillation in driving climatic variability during the Late

Lisa Orme Andrew Barkwith Richard Jones, University of Exeter, Geography

Investigating organo-mineral suspended sediment dynamics as controls on phosphorus export from instrumented agricultural test catchments

Richard Cooper Barry Rawlins Kevin Hiscock, University of East Anglia, School of Environmental Sciences

Climatic cyclicity and environmental interactions in proximal continental basins: Implications for ground water flow

Amy Gough Tony Milodowski Stu Clark, University of Keele, School of Earth Sciences and Geography

Millennial-scale variability in ice-ocean-climate interaction in the Sub-Antarctic SW Atlantic – a multi-proxy study of intermediate water production and Patagonian ice sheet variability over the last glacial

Jenny Roberts* Sev Kender David A Hodell, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences

Palaeohydrology of a rapid climate change event at the Palaeocene- Eocene

Alex Dawson Mike Ellis Stephen Grimes, University of Plymouth, Geography

The making of the modern world: Ocean evolution during the neogene, the last great warm interval

Jamie Lakin Jim Riding Alan Haywood, University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment

The last forests on Antarctica: Neogene (~12Ma) plant fossils and climates from Antarctica

Rhian Rees-Owen Jim Riding Jane Frances, University of Leeds, School of Environment and Technology

The Rock Record of the British Cretaceous Fiona Walker* Andrew Newell Michael Benton, University of Bristol

The Mid Jurassic Plankton Explosion Nick Wiggan* Jim Riding Nicholas Butterfield, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences

Equatorial sea surface temperature seasonality in the Mississippian (Carboniferous) derived from brachiopod shell carbonate

Leah Nolan* Mike Stephenson Melanie Leng, University of Leicester, Geology

Palaeobiology of phosphatized Ediacaran microfossils from Norway Peter Adamson Phil Wilby Nicholas Butterfield, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences

Colloidal copper and lead sulphide dynamics in an alluvial floodplain soil and their impact on trace metal mobility

Suzanne Schwarz Andy Tye Wolfgang Wilcke, University of Berne, Switzerland

Earth Hazards & ObservatoriesClimate change on Mars: remote sensing constraints on the origin of layered sediments

Stuart Turner* Stephen Grebby John Bridges, University of Leicester, National Space Centre

Robust earth observation assessment of geohazards and environmental change in challenging environments

Matthias Kunz Stuart Marsh Jon Mills, University of Newcastle, School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences

Engaging communities on geohazards: seeking community-centred approaches to reducing vulnerability to geohazards in the Solomon Islands

Kim Hagen Susanne Sargeant Melissa Butcher, Open University, Social Sciences

Evaluating impacts on community infrastructure following recent volcanic eruptions in Chaiten (Chile) and Rabaul (Papua New Guinea)

Victoria Sword-Daniels

Susanne Sargeant Tiziana Rosetto, University of London University College, Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering

Quantifying crustal strain due to rifting in Afar, Ethiopia Barbara Hofman Charlotte Vye-Brown Tim Wright, University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment

Using Virtual Earthquakes and Virtual Seismometers in the Earth’s Interior Elizabeth Entwistle Brian Baptie Andrew Curtis, University of Edinburgh, School of Geosciences

Late Quaternary volcanism and climate of southern Patagonia Stefan Lachowycz Katy Mee Prof David Pyle and Dr Tasmin Mather, Oxford, Earth Sciences and Environment

Evaluating the role of community-based monitoring in improving the mitigation of natural hazards: a case study on Montserrat, West Indies

Jon Stone Sue Loughlin Jenni Barclay, University of East Anglia, School of Environmental Sciences

Understanding the evolution of the Syrtis Major volcanic complex (Mars) and comparison with volcanoes in the Afar Rift system (Earth)

Peter Fawdon Charlotte Vye-Brown Matt Balme, Open University, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Glacier-to-foreland hydrological coupling at a maritime glacier Verity Flett Jez Everest Martin Kirkbride, University of Dundee, Urban Water Technology

Using earthquake seismology to track transient convective circulation beneath the British Isles

Charlotte Schoonman

Richard Luckett Nicky White, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences

Energy & Marine GeoscienceActive & ancient geothermal systems in Tethyan ophiolites as examples of novel solutions for natural CO2 sequestration

Amy Stephen Mike Styles Gawen Jenkin, University of Leicester, Geology

How do geothermal fields relate to contact aureoles: A field study of the Isle of Skye volcanic complex

Francine Entwistle Chris Rochelle Bruce Yardley, University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment

Current BUFI research projectsCurrently BUFI supports over 80 projects with researchers being at various stages of their PhDs.

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Current BUFI research projects


BGS Supervisor


A comparison of the geological, geodynamic and rheological evolution of the northern and southern Rockall Basin using a 3D modelling approach

Rosie Smithells G Kimbell Stu Clark, University of Keele, School of Earth Sciences and Geography

Primary biological controls on UK lower Namurian shale gas prospectivity: understanding a major potential UK unconventional gas resource

Sven Konitzer Mike Stephenson Sarah Davies, University of Leicester, Geology

The effects of gas stream impurities and reservoir mineralogy on in-situ carbonation for long-term geological storage of carbon dioxide

Chijioke Nwankwor Keith Bateman Mercedes Maroto-Valer, University of Nottingham, Chemical and Environmental Engineering

Carbon capture and storage: Factors influencing public attitudes Andrey Barsky Nick Riley Brigitte Nerlich, University of Nottingham, Science Language and Society

Dissolution processes at the CO2/brine interface change challenge Thomas Ward Chris Rochelle Henry Power, University of Nottingham, Engineering

Micro-structural analysis of time-variant evolution in pore geometry of cement materials during carbonation

Konstantinos Giannoukos

Chris Rochelle A Hall, University of Edinburgh, School of GeoSciences

The 3D architecture and structure of a tectonised glacigenic sedimentaty sequence in the DoggerBank area Bank area of the southern North Sea

Astrid Ruiter Emrys Phillips Simon Carr, University of London Queen Mary College, Geography

Glaciation of the North Sea Basin: integrating evidence from basin-scale 3D seismic geomorphology, site surveys, boreholes and adjacent land areas

Rachel Lamb Carol Cotterill Mads Huuse, University of Manchester, School of Earth Sciences and Geography

Process response to Holocene transgression: an integrated dataset from the Dogger Bank, North Sea

Sascha Eichenauer Carol Cotterill David Hodgson, University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment

Seismological insights into the building of the Lesser Antilles Arc David Schlaphorst Brian Baptie Michael Kendall, University of Bristol, Earth Sciences

Public perception of shale gas extraction technology Wil Knight* Mike Stephenson Sarah O’Hara, University of Nottingham, School of Geography

Seasonally resolved climate variability since the last Glacial Maximum from the laminated sediments of Windermere

Rachel Avery Carol Cotterill Alan Kemp, Southampton, National Oceanography Centre

Evaluating 3D sedimentary architecture as a fundamental control on geotechnical and physical properties (Dogger Bank Round 3 Windfarm Zone)

Kieran Blacker* Carol Cotterill Sarah Davies, Leicester, Geology

High resolution environmental change from Holocene sediments of Windermere

James Fielding Carol Cotterill Alan Kemp, Southampton, National Oceanography Centre

Seismic imaging and fluid dynamic modelling of sequestered carbon dioxide in the North Sea, UK

Laurence Cowton* Andy Chadwick Jerome Neufeld, University of Cambridge, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP)

Engineering Geology4D hydrogeophysical monitoring of landslide processes Andy Merritt Jon Chambers Phil Murphy, University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment

Development and application of geophysical proxies for imaging geo-technical property changes during development of near surface shear zones

Rosalind Hen-Jones Dave Gunn John Hughes, University of Newcastle, School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences

Development of a UAV-based landslide monitoring system Maria Peppa* Jonathan Chambers Pauline Miller, Newcastle, School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences

Development and application of machine learning techniques for characterisation and quantification of change in time-lapse electrical resistivity tomography monitoring

Wil Ward* Paul Wilkinson Li Bai, University of Nottingham, School of Computer Science

Environmental ModellingFinite element methods for modelling mantle dynamics backward in time: finding the most likely scenario

Samuel Cox John Ludden Tiffany Barry, University of Leicester, Geology

Uncertainty in expert interpretation of geological cross-sections and its propagation into 3D geological framework models

Charles Randle* Murray Lark Clare Bond, Aberdeen, Geosciences, Geography and Environment

Geological Survey Northern IrelandThe origin and nature of Cenozoic faulting in north-east Ireland Hugh Anderson Mark Cooper John Walsh, University of Dublin — University College, School of Geological

Sciences

Geology & Regional GeophysicsBritish Ice Sheet Dynamics: Constraining ice-sheet thickness and ice-stream collapse in NW Scotland using Cosmogenic isotope analysis

Hannah Mathers Tom Bradwell Derek Fabel, University of Glasgow, Geographical and Earth Sciences

Lateral variations and linkages in thrust geometry in fold and thrust belts Michael Kelly Graham Leslie Graham Williams, University of Keele, School of Earth Sciences and Geography

Postglacial fjordic landscape evolution: the onshore and offshore limits of the Younger Dryas ice sheet, western Scotland

Kate McIntyre Tom Bradwell John Howe, Scottish Association for Marine Science

Late Quaternary palaeoglaciology of the Welsh Ice Cap John Balfour Tom Bradwell Mike Hambrey, University of Aberystwyth, Institute of Geography and Earth Studies

Glacio-eustatic controls on sedimentary sequences: a field and physical modelling based study

Jochem Bijkerk Colin Waters Maltman, University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment

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Early Ediacaran biotas of Charnwood Forest (UK): assembly of the first macroscopic marine communities

Charlotte Kenchington*

Phil Wilby Nicholas Butterfield, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences

Peat’s secret archive: reconstructing the North Atlantic storm frequency and volcanic eruption history of the last 10,000 years

Helena Stewart* Tom Bradwell Robert McCulloch, University of Stirling, Natural Sciences

Groundwater3D – 3D - characterisation of the Chalk aquifer using innovative geophysical and testing methods

Mike Davis Neil Butcher W Burgess, London University College, Geography

Hydrogeophysics of a restless volcano Brioch Hemmings Alan Hughes Jo Gottsmann, University of Bristol, Earth Sciences

Geological controls on the distribution and abundance of invertebrate groundwater

Damiano Weitowitz*

Louise Maurice Anne Robertson, University of Roehampton, Life Sciences

Novel approaches for speciating and tracing the metabolism of phosphorus in groundwater and surface water

Ceri Davies* Daren Gooddy Ben Surridge, University of Lancaster, Environmental Science

Tracing pollution and sea water intrusion in groundwater systems of the Pearl River Basin, China

Lee Chambers* Daren Gooddy Greg Holland, University of Lancaster, Environmental Science

Assessing the efficacy of mitigation options for diffuse water pollution from agriculture

Matilda Biddulph Sean Burke Ian Foster, University of Northampton, School of Science and Technology

Stable isotope biogeochemistry of methane in UK groundwater prior to shale gas development

Millie Basava-Reddi*

Daren Gooddy Edward Hornibrook, Bristol, Earth Sciences

Geochemistry laboratoriesMicrobial response to soil chemistry defined by the Tellus dataset, Northern Ireland

Nicola Ashton Andy Tye Richard Pattrick, University of Manchester, School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Science

Development of a genetic model for targeting gold mineralisation in the Scottish Dalradian

Nyree Hill Gus Gunn Gawen Jenkin, University of Leicester, Geology

Novel strategies for nutritional security in sub-Saharan Africa Edward Joy* Louise Ander, Michael Watts

Scott Young, Martin Broadley, University of Nottingham, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

Geogenic arsenic attributable health risks in UK and the European Union Daniel Middleton* Michael Watts David Polya, University of Manchester, School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Science

Evaluating trade-offs between health benefits and risks associated with grow your own in (peri-)urban areas

Jonathon Stubberfield*

Louise Ander Neil Crout, University of Nottingham

Using geospatial approaches to determine the phosphorus dynamics in soil-crop systems in Malaysia

Diriba Kumssa* Louise Ander Martin Broadley, University of Nottingham, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

Improving the utility of LA-ICP-MS for isotope ratio environmental science Grant Craig Matt Horstwood Barry Sharp, University of Loughborough, Chemistry

Late quaternary palaeoenvironmental reconstruction from Lake Ohrid (Macedonia/Albania) using stable isotopes

Jack Lacey* Melanie Leng University of Leicester, Geography

U-Series constraints on the evolution of the Green River (Utah) natural analogue for geological carbon storage

Peter Scott* Dan Condon Mike Bickle, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences

Propagation of deformation across the India-Asia collision zone, and its effect on climate change; constraints from the sediment record in the Tarim Basin, China

Tamsin Blayney Ian Millar Yani Najman, University of Lancaster, Environmental Science

Minerals and WasteThe impact of hyper-alkaline fluids from a geological radioactive waste repository on the biological and physical characteristics of the host rock environment

Sarah Smith* Jo Wragg John Lloyd, University of Manchester, School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Science

Targeting elevated concentrations of mid and heavy rare earth elements in alkaline provinces

Sam Broom-Fendley Gus Gunn Frances Wall, University of Exeter Camborne School of Mines, Mining Geology

Rock alteration in the chemically disturbed zone of a geological disposal facility for radioactive waste

Lizzy Moyce Tony Milodowski G Shaw, University of Nottingham, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

Investigating the controls on critical metal distribution within intrusion-centred mineralization: Chalkidiki Peninsula, N. Greece

Kate Sullivan Paul Lusty Steve Roberts, University of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre

Current BUFI research projects

* Those highlighted in green are presenting posters

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Recent publications by BUFI students

Note: BUFI student names are in italics and bold, BGS supervisors are in bold.

2014 to date

Douarin, M., Sinclair, D.J., Elliot, M., Henry, L.-A., Long, D., Mitchison, F., Roberts, J.M., 2014. Changes in fossil assemblage in sediment cores from Mingulay Reef Complex (NE Atlantic): Implications for coral reef build-up. Deep-Sea Research Part Ii-Topical Studies in Oceanography 99, 286–296.

Miles, A., Graham, C., Hawkesworth, C., Gillespie, M., Dhuime, B., Hinton, R., 2014a. Using Zircon Isotope Compositions to Constrain Crustal Structure and Pluton Evolution: the Iapetus Suture Zone Granites in Northern Britain. Journal of Petrology 55, 181–207.

Miles, A., Graham, C., Hawkesworth, C., Gillespie, M., Dhuime, B., Hinton, R., 2014b. Using Zircon Isotope Compositions to Constrain Crustal Structure and Pluton Evolution: the Iapetus Suture Zone Granites in Northern Britain. Journal of Petrology 55, 181–207.

Miller, H., Cotterill, C.J., Bradwell, T., 2014. Glacial and paraglacial history of the Troutbeck Valley, Cumbria, UK: integrating airborne LiDAR, multibeam bathymetry, and geological field mapping. Proceedings of the Geologists Association 125, 31–40.

Wylie, C.E., Shaw, D.J., Fordyce, F.M., Lilly, A., McGorum, B.C., 2014. Equine grass sickness in Scotland: A case-control study of signalment- and meteorology-related risk factors. Equine Veterinary Journal 46, 64–71.

2013

Cooper, M.R., Crowley, Q.G., Hollis, S.P., Noble, S.R., Henney, P.J., 2013. A U-Pb age for the Late Caledonian Sperrin Mountains minor intrusions suite in the north of Ireland: timing of slab break-off in the Grampian terrane and the significance of deep-seated, crustal lineaments. Journal of the Geological Society 170, 603–614.

Douarin, M., Elliot, M., Noble, S.R., Sinclair, D., Henry, L.-A., Long, D., Moreton, S.G., Roberts, J.M., 2013. Growth of north-east Atlantic cold-water coral reefs and mounds during the Holocene: A high resolution U-series and C-14 chronology. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 375, 176–187.

Dunhill, A.M., Benton, M.J., Newell, A.J., Twitchett, R.J., 2013. Completeness of the fossil record and the validity of sampling proxies: a case study from the Triassic of England and Wales. Journal of the Geological Society 170, 291–300.

Hollis, S.P., Cooper, M.R., Roberts, S., Earls, G., Herington, R., Condon, D.J., Daly, J.S., 2013. Evolution of the Tyrone ophiolite, Northern Ireland, during the Grampian-Taconic orogeny: a correlative of the Annieopsquotch Ophiolite Belt of central Newfoundland? Journal of the Geological Society 170, 861–876.

Hollis, S.P., Cooper, M.R., Roberts, S., Earls, G., Herrington, R., Condon, D.J., 2013. Stratigraphic, geochemical and U-Pb zircon constraints from Slieve Gallion, Northern Ireland: a correlation of the Irish Caledonian arcs. Journal of the Geological Society 170, 737–752.

Hughes, H.S.R., Goodenough, K.M., Walters, A.S., McCormac, M., Gunn, A.G., Lacinska, A., 2013. The structure and petrology of the Cnoc nan Cuilean Intrusion, Loch Loyal Syenite Complex, NW Scotland. Geological Magazine 150, 783–800.

Joy, E.J.M., Young, S.D., Black, C.R., Ander, E.L., Watts, M.J., Broadley, M.R., 2013. Risk of dietary magnesium deficiency is low in most African countries based on food supply data. Plant and Soil 368, 129–137.

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Khan, N.S., Horton, B.P., McKee, K.L., Jerolmack, D., Falcini, F., Enache, M.D., Vane, C.H., 2013. Tracking sedimentation from the historic A.D. 2011 Mississippi River flood in the deltaic wetlands of Louisiana, USA. Geology 41, 391–394.

Leighton, J.M., Sowter, A., Tragheim, D., Bingley, R.M., Teferle, F.N., 2013. Land motion in the urban area of Nottingham observed by ENVISAT-1. International Journal of Remote Sensing 34, 982–1003.

MacDonald, J.M., Wheeler, J., Harley, S.L., Mariani, E., Goodenough, K.M., Crowley, Q., Tatham, D., 2013. Lattice distortion in a zircon population and its effects on trace element mobility and U-Th-Pb isotope systematics: examples from the Lewisian Gneiss Complex, northwest Scotland. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 166, 21–41.

Miles, A.J., Graham, C.M., Hawkesworth, C.J., Gillespie, M.R., Hinton, R.W., Eimf, 2013. Evidence for distinct stages of magma history recorded by the compositions of accessory apatite and zircon. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 166, 1–19.

Miller, H., Bull, J.M., Cotterill, C.J., Dix, J.K., Winfield, I.J., Kemp, A.E.S., Pearce, R.B., 2013. Lake bed geomorphology and sedimentary processes in glacial lake Windermere, UK. Journal of Maps 9, 299–312.

Patton, H., Hubbard, A., Glasser, N.F., Bradwell, T., Golledge, N.R., 2013a. The last Welsh Ice Cap: Part 1-Modelling its evolution, sensitivity and associated climate. Boreas 42, 471–490.

Patton, H., Hubbard, A., Glasser, N.F., Bradwell, T., Golledge, N.R., 2013b. The last Welsh Ice Cap: Part 2-Dynamics of a topographically controlled icecap. Boreas 42, 491–510.

Smith, J.C., Galy, A., Hovius, N., Tye, A.M., Turowski, J.M., Schleppi, P., 2013. Runoff-driven export of particulate organic carbon from soil in temperate forested uplands. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 365, 198–208.

Stephenson, M.H., Jan, I.U., Al-Mashaikie, S.A.Z.A.K., 2013. Palynology and correlation of Carboniferous-Permian glacigene rocks in Oman, Yemen and Pakistan. Gondwana Research 24, 203–211.

Vaughan-Hirsch, D.P., Phillips, E., Lee, J.R., Hart, J.K., 2013. Micromorphological analysis of poly-phase deformation associated with the transport and emplacement of glaciotectonic rafts at West Runton, north Norfolk, UK. Boreas 42, 376–394.

Walters, A.S., Goodenough, K.M., Hughes, H.S.R., Roberts, N.M.W., Gunn, A.G., Rushton, J., Lacinska, A., 2013. Enrichment of Rare Earth Elements during magmatic and post-magmatic processes: a case study from the Loch Loyal Syenite Complex, northern Scotland. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 166, 1177–1202.

Watts, M.J., Barlow, T.S., Button, M., Sarkar, S.K., Bhattacharya, B.D., Alam, M.A., Gomes, A., 2013. Arsenic speciation in polychaetes (Annelida) and sediments from the intertidal mudflat of Sundarban mangrove wetland, India. Environmental geochemistry and health 35, 13–25.

Zhang, F., Li, X., 2013. Generalized approximations of reflection coefficients in orthorhombic media. Journal of Geophysics and Engineering 10.

Zuo, C., Birkin, M., Clarke, G., McEvoy, F., Bloodworth, A., 2013. Modelling the transportation of primary aggregates in England and Wales: Exploring initiatives to reduce CO2 emissions. Land Use Policy 34, 112–124.

2012

Atkinson, N.R., Young, S.D., Tye, A.M., Breward, N., Bailey, E.H., 2012. Does returning sites of historic peri-urban waste disposal to vegetable production pose a risk to human health? - A case study near Manchester, UK. Soil Use and Management 28, 559–570.

Barsby, A., McKinley, J.M., Ofterdinger, U., Young, M., Cave, M.R., Wragg, J., 2012. Bioaccessibility of trace elements in soils in Northern Ireland. The Science of the total environment 433.

Bennett, C.E., Siveter, D.J., Davies, S.J., Williams, M., Wilkinson, I.P., Browne, M., Miller, C.G., 2012. Ostracods from freshwater and brackish environments of the Carboniferous of the Midland Valley of Scotland: the early colonization of terrestrial water bodies. Geological Magazine 149, 366–396.

Boait, F.C., White, N.J., Bickle, M.J., Chadwick, R.A., Neufeld, J.A., Huppert, H.E., 2012. Spatial and temporal evolution of injected CO2 at the Sleipner Field, North Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth 117.

Carran, D., Hughes, J., Leslie, A., Kennedy, C., 2012. A short history of the use of lime as a building material beyond Europe and North America. International Journal of Architectural Heritage 6.

Chenery, S.R., Izquierdo, M., Marzouk, E., Klinck, B., Palumbo-Roe, B., Tye, A.M., 2012. Soil-plant interactions and the uptake of Pb at abandoned mining sites in the Rookhope catchment of the N. Pennines, UK - A Pb isotope study. Science of the Total Environment 433, 547–560.

Clark, C.D., Hughes, A.L.C., Greenwood, S.L., Jordan, C., Sejrup, H.P., 2012. Pattern and timing of retreat of the last British-Irish Ice Sheet. Quaternary Science Reviews 44.

Cooper, M.R., Anderson, H., Walsh, J.J., Van Dam, C.L., Young, M.E., Earls, G., Walker, A., 2012. Palaeogene Alpine tectonics and Icelandic plume-related magmatism and deformation in Northern Ireland. Journal of the Geological Society 169.

Dunhill, A.M., Benton, M.J., Twitchett, R.J., Newell, A.J., 2012. Completeness of the fossil record and the validity of sampling proxies at outcrop level. Palaeontology 55, 1155–1175.

Grebby, S., Cunningham, D., Naden, J., Tansey, K., 2012. Application of airborne LiDAR data and airborne multispectral imagery to structural mapping of the upper section of the Troodos ophiolite, Cyprus. International Journal of Earth Sciences 101.

Hicks, A., Barclay, J., Mark, D.F., Loughlin, S., 2012. Tristan da Cunha: Constraining eruptive behavior using the Ar-40/Ar-39 dating technique. Geology 40, 723–726.

Hollis, S.P., Roberts, S., Cooper, M.R., Earls, G., Herrington, R., Condon, D.J., Cooper, M.J., Archibald, S.M., Piercey, S.J., 2012. Episodic arc-ophiolite emplacement and the growth of continental margins: Late accretion in the Northern Irish sector of the Grampian-Taconic orogeny. Geological Society of America Bulletin 124, 1702–1723.

Izquierdo, M., Tye, A.M., Chenery, S.R., 2012. Sources, lability and solubility of Pb in alluvial soils of the River Trent catchment, UK. Science of the Total Environment 433, 110–122.

Jan, I.U., Stephenson, M.H., 2012. Palynology and correlation of the Upper Pennsylvanian Tobra Formation from Zaluch Nala, Salt Range, Pakistan (vol 35, pg 212, 2011). Palynology 36.

Jowitt, S.M., Jenkin, G.R.T., Coogan, L.A., Naden, J., 2012. Quantifying the release of base metals from source rocks for volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits: Effects of protolith composition and alteration mineralogy. Journal of Geochemical Exploration 118.

Kender, S., Stephenson, M.H., Riding, J.B., Leng, M.J., Knox, R.W.O.B., Peck, V.L., Kendrick, C.P., Ellis, M.A., Vane, C.H., Jamieson, R., 2012. Marine and terrestrial environmental changes in NW Europe preceding carbon release at the Paleocene-Eocene transition. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 353, 108–120.

Koenitzer, S.F., Leng, M.J., Davies, S.J., Stephenson, M.H., 2012. An assessment of geochemical preparation methods prior to organic carbon concentration and carbon isotope ratio analyses of fine-grained sedimentary rocks. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems 13.

Kunz, M., King, M.A., Mills, J.P., Miller, P.E., Fox, A.J., Vaughan, D.G., Marsh, S.H., 2012. Multi-decadal glacier surface lowering in the Antarctic Peninsula. Geophysical Research Letters 39.




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Pound, M.J., Haywood, A.M., Salzmann, U., Riding, J.B., 2012a. Global vegetation dynamics and latitudinal temperature gradients during the Mid to Late Miocene (15.97–5.33 Ma). Earth-Science Reviews 112.

Pound, M.J., Riding, J.B., Donders, T.H., Daskova, J., 2012b. The palynostratigraphy of the Brassington Formation (Upper Miocene) of the southern Pennines, central England. Palynology 36, 26–37.

Riding, J.B., Pound, M.J., Hill, T.C.B., Stukins, S., Feist-Burkhardt, S., 2012. The John Williams Index of Palaeopalynology. Palynology 36, 224–233.

Strong, D.J., Flecker, R., Valdes, P.J., Wilkinson, I.P., Rees, J.G., Zong, Y.Q., Lloyd, J.M., Garrett, E., Pancost, R.D., 2012. Organic matter distribution in the modern sediments of the Pearl River Estuary. Organic Geochemistry 49.

2011

Bennett, C.E., Williams, M., Leng, M.J., Siveter, D.J., Davies, S.J., Sloane, H.J., Wilkinson, I.P., 2011. Diagenesis of fossil ostracods: Implications for stable isotope based palaeoenvironmental reconstruction. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology 305.

Boait, F., White, N., Chadwick, A., Noy, D., Bickle, M., 2011. Layer spreading and dimming within the CO2 plume at the Sleipner Field in the North Sea. 10th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies 4.

Button, M., Moriarty, M.M., Watts, M.J., Zhang, J., Koch, I., Reimer, K.J., 2011. Arsenic speciation in field-collected and laboratory-exposed earthworms Lumbricus terrestris. Chemosphere 85.

Cooper, M.R., Crowley, Q.G., Hollis, S.P., Noble, S.R., Roberts, S., Chew, D., Earls, G., Herrington, R., Merriman, R.J., 2011a. Age constraints and geochemistry of the Ordovician Tyrone Igneous Complex, Northern Ireland: implications for the Grampian orogeny. Journal of the Geological Society 168.

Cooper, M.R., Crowley, Q.G., Hollis, S.P., Noble, S.R., Roberts, S., Chew, D., Earls, G., Herrington, R., Merriman, R.J., 2011b. Age constraints and geochemistry of the Ordovician Tyrone Igneous Complex, Northern Ireland: implications for the Grampian orogeny (vol 168, pg 837, 2011). Journal of the Geological Society 168.

Farmer, J.G., Broadway, A., Cave, M.R., Wragg, J., Fordyce, F.M., Graham, M.C., Ngwenya, B.T., Bewley, R.J.F., 2011. A lead isotopic study of the human bioaccessibility of lead in urban soils from Glasgow, Scotland. Science of the Total Environment 409.

Jan, I.U., Stephenson, M.H., 2011. Palynology and correlation of the Upper Pennsylvanian Tobra Formation from Zaluch Nala, Salt Range, Pakistan. Palynology 35.

McIntyre, K., Howe, J., Bradwell, T., 2011. Lateglacial ice extent and deglaciation of Loch Hourn, western Scotland. Scottish Journal of Geology 47.

Parry, S.A., Hodson, M.E., Oelkers, E.H., Kemp, S.J., 2011. Is silt the most influential soil grain size fraction? Applied Geochemistry 26.

Phillips, E., van der Meer, J.J.M., Ferguson, A., 2011. A new ‘microstructural mapping’ methodology for the identification, analysis and interpretation of polyphase deformation within subglacial sediments. Quaternary Science Reviews 30.

Pound, M.J., Haywood, A.M., Salzmann, U., Riding, J.B., Lunt, D.J., Hunter, S.J., 2011. A Tortonian (Late Miocene, 11.61-7.25 Ma) global vegetation reconstruction. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology 300.

Rossetto, T., Peiris, N., Alarcon, J.E., So, E., Sargeant, S., Free, M., Sword-Daniels, V., Del Re, D., Libberton, C., Verrucci, E., Sammonds, P., Walker, J.F., 2011. Field observations from the Aquila, Italy earthquake of April 6, 2009. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering 9, 11–37.



Sizmur, T., Palumbo-Roe, B., Hodson, M.E., 2011a. Impact of earthworms on trace element solubility in contaminated mine soils amended with green waste compost. Environmental Pollution 159.

Sizmur, T., Palumbo-Roe, B., Watts, M.J., Hodson, M.E., 2011b. Impact of the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris (L.) on As, Cu, Pb and Zn mobility and speciation in contaminated soils. Environmental Pollution 159.

Sizmur, T., Tilston, E.L., Charnock, J., Palumbo-Roe, B., Watts, M.J., Hodson, M.E., 2011c. Impacts of epigeic, anecic and endogeic earthworms on metal and metalloid mobility and availability. Journal of Environmental Monitoring 13.

Sizmur, T., Watts, M.J., Brown, G.D., Palumbo-Roe, B., Hodson, M.E., 2011d. Impact of gut passage and mucus secretion by the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris on mobility and speciation of arsenic in contaminated soil. Journal of Hazardous Materials 197.

Smith, D.J., Jenkin, G.R.T., Petterson, M.G., Naden, J., Fielder, S., Toba, T., Chenery, S.R.N., 2011. Unusual mixed silica-carbonate deposits from magmatic-hydrothermal hot springs, Savo, Solomon Islands. Journal of the Geological Society 168.

Snelling, A.M., Leng, M.J., Zalasiewicz, J.A., Kendrick, C.C., Page, A.A., 2011. Carbon isotope composition of graptolite periderm and whole-rock from the Aeronian (Silurian, Llandovery) in Wales and Scotland and its use in chemostratigraphy. Proceedings of the Geologists Association 122.

Valentine, A., Johnson, A.L.A., Leng, M.J., Sloane, H.J., Balson, P.S., 2011. Isotopic evidence of cool winter conditions in the mid-Piacenzian (Pliocene) of the southern North Sea Basin. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology 309.



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BGS Supervisor


2014Holocene sea-level change from the Thames Estuary: implications for geophysical modelling and oceanclimate interactions

Nicole Khan Chris Vane B P Horton, University of Pennsylvania

Magmatic, structural and tectonic controls on Cu-Au mineralisation in the Solomon arc SW Pacific

Simon Tapster Jon Naden Mike Petterson and Dan Smith, University of Leicester, Geology Department

Determination of Late Glacial and Post Glacial processes using sediments from within Lake Windermere

Helen Miller Carol Cotterill Jonathan Bull, University of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre

2013From inner core to ionosphere Gemma Kelly Alan Thomson Richard Holme, University of Liverpool, Earth and Ocean Sciences

Granite genesis and crustal evolution across the Iapetus suture zone Andrew Miles Martin Gillespie Colin Graham, University of Edinburgh, School of GeoSciences

Integrated seismic, analytical and numerical modelling of CO2 injection into saline aquifers

Fran Boait Andy Chadwick Mike Bickle, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences

Resolving conflicting models for the tectonic assembly of the Eastern Himalaya

Lucy Greenwood Randy Parrish Tom Argles, Open University, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Sampling and knowledge of the palaeontology of the British Triassic and Jurassic

Alex Dunhill Andrew Newell Mike Benton, University of Bristol

Holocene evolution of the Colima Volcanic Complex, Mexico Julia Crummy Sue Loughlin Ivan Savov, University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment

A multi-disciplinary approach to volcanic risk reduction under conditions of uncertainty: a case study on Tristan da Cunha

Anna Hicks Sue Loughlin Jenni Barclay, University of East Anglia

Satellite magnetometry and the new ESA SWARM constellation Robert Shore Susan Macmillan Kathryn Whaler, University of Edinburgh, School of GeoSciences

Iodine dynamics in the terrestrial environment Hannah Bowley Mike Watts and Louise Ander

Dr Scott Young, Dr. Liz Bailey, Prof. Neil Crout, University of Nottingham, School of Life and Environmental Sciences

Primary biological controls on UK lower Namurian shale gas prospectivity: understanding a major potential UK unconventional gas resource

Sven Konitzer Mike Stephenson Sarah Davies, University of Leicester, Geology

Postglacial fjordic landscape evolution: the onshore and offshore limits of the Younger Dryas ice sheet, western Scotland

Kate McIntyre Tom Bradwell John Howe, Scottish Association for Marine Science

Development of geochemical and mineralogical methods for targeting lower environmental impact secondary copper deposits in the Troodos Massif, Cyprus

Dan Parvaz Jon Naden Richard Herrington, Natural History Museum, Mineralogy

2012Defining the geological evolution of the Tyrone Igneous Complex in the context of its metallogenic potential - correlation and comparison with world-class VMS terrains

Steve Hollis Garth Cooper Steve Roberts, University of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre

Structure, biogeography and palaeoclimate reconstruction from Mingulay Reef Complex sediment cores

Mélanie Douarin Dave Long M Elliot, University of Edinburgh

The Dynamic Instability of the British Ice Sheet : Timescales and Thresholds

Henry Patton Nick Golledge Alun Hubbard, University of Aberystwyth, Institute of Geography and Earth Studies

From inner core to ionosphere Gemma Kelly Alan Thomson R Holme, University of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Liverpool, Earth and Ocean Sciences

The effects of overprinting on rock fabrics and isotopic ages: the Lewisian Complex as a case study

John MacDonald Kathryn Goodenough

John Wheeler, University of Liverpool, Earth and Ocean Sciences

Robust earth observation assessment of geohazards and environmental change in challenging environments

Matthias Kunz Stuart Marsh Jon Mills, University of Newcastle, School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences

Bacterial growth and influence on trace element geochemistry at abandoned lead-zinc mines

Emma Langford Barbara Palumbo-Roe

George Shaw, University of Nottingham, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

Glaciotectonic rafts: methods of of detachment, transport and emplacement

David Vaughan-Hirsch

Jon Lee Jane Hart, University of Southampton, Geography

Land cover in a warmer world: reconstructing global late miocene and pliocene vegetation and climate

Matthew Pound Jim Riding Alan Haywood, University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment

Investigation of Pliocene climate and Oceanography of the North Atlantic region through bivalve sclerochonology: an approach to predicting future conditions

Annemarie Valentine

Peter Balson Andrew Johnson, University of Derby, School of Science

2011

Recently completed PhDsBelow is a list of some of the PhDs recently completed with BGS.



BGS Supervisor


2011Modelling igneous processes at the Soufriere Hills volcano, Montserrat (incorporating data from the SeaCalipso project)

Emma Kiddle Sue Loughlin Steve Sparks, University of Bristol, Earth Sciences

Modelling the environmental and socio-economic impacts of aggregates for major construction projects: 2012 Olympic Park case study

Chengchao Zuo Fiona McEvoy Mark Birkin, University of Leeds, School of Geography

Turning rock into soil — changes in reactivity and surface area Sam Parry Simon Kemp Mark Hodson, University of Reading, Soil Science

Analysis and prediction of the ground technology hazards due to space weather

Katie Turnbull Alan Thomson Jim Wild, University of Lancaster, Communications Systems

The impact of earthworm activity on metal mobility in soils Tom Sizmur Barbara Palumbo-Roe

Mark Hodson, University of Reading, Soil Science

Calcareous structures in Quaternary soils and sediments Audrey Versteegen Toni Milodowski Guy Kirk, University of Cranfield, School of Applied Science

Probing the interior of an active volcano: three dimensional seismic tomography at Montserrat, West Indies

Michele Paulatto Brian Baptie Tim Minshull, University of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre

Application of airborne LiDAR to fault mapping, structural analysis, and identification of fracture controlled mineralisation, Slovenia and Cyprus

Stephen Grebby Jon Naden Dickson Cunningham, University of Leicester, Geology

Quantifying continental scale run-off in the past David Strong Ian Wilkinson Rachel Flecker, University of Bristol, Earth Sciences

A novel cosmogenic isotope-based approach to assessing Holocene soil erosion

Reka Fulop Jez Everest Paul Bishop, University of Glasgow, Geographical and Earth Sciences

The Palaeocene-Eocene thermal maximum (PETM) in the clastic sequences of the Kohat Basin, northern Pakistan: a low latitude Tethyan view of the fastest global warming in recent Earth history

Irfan Jan Mike Stephenson Jan Zalasiewicz, University of Leicester, Geology

Integrated 3D modelling of shallow ground conditions at a nuclear site undergoing decommissioning

Richard Haslam Clive Auton Stu Clark, University of Keele, School of Earth Sciences and Geography

Systematic biosphere mapping of Sr-isotope ratios across major lithological boundaries in Southern England to create the first biosphere map in the UK

Jo Warham Jane Evans Jane Montgomery, University of Bradford, Division of Archaeological, Geographical and Environmental Sciences

The impact of climate change on weathering in urban environments: prediction and mitigation

Laura Duthie Martin Gillespie Martin Lee, University of Glasgow, Geographical and Earth Sciences

Recalibrating the Mesozoic Timescale Jo Li Randy Parrish John McArthur, University of London University College, Earth Sciences

Recently completed PhDs

GeoBlogyBGS has several blogs including GeoBlogy http://britgeopeople.blogspot.co.uk/ which is written by BGS staff giving readers a real glimpse into the daily work and achievements of those who make the BGS a world-leading geoscience centre. Contributions by BUFI students are always welcome. Go online to read GeoBlogys by current BUFI students Jack Lacey (August and May 2013) and Leah Nolan (June 2013). If you would like to write for GeoBlogy please email the BUFI team [email protected]


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DTP Name Lead University Website DTP PartnersCENTA University of Birmingham www.centa.org.uk Loughborough University

NERC Centre for Ecology and HydrologyOpen UniversityUniversity of LeicesterUniversity of Warwick

E3 University of Edinburgh http://e3partnership.wordpress.com Biomathematics & Statistics ScotlandForest ResearchInternational Institute for Environmental DevelopmentLTS InternationalNational Museums ScotlandNERC Centre for Atmospheric ScienceNERC Centre for Ecology and HydrologyScotland's Rural CollegeScottish Association for Marine ScinceScottish Universities Environmental Research CentreUK Met Office

ENVISION Lancaster University www.envision-dtp.org Bangor UniversityCentre for Ecology and HydrologyUniversity of NottinghamRothamsted Research

GW4-Plus University of Bristol www.bristol.ac.uk/gw4plusdtp British Antartic Survey, NERCCardiff UniversityNatural History MuseumNERC Centre for Ecology and HydrologyPlymouth Marine LaboratoryUK Met OfficeUniversity of BathUniversity of Exeter

IAPETUS Durham University www.iapetus.ac.uk NERC Centre for Ecology and HydrologyNewcastle UniversityUniversity of GlasgowUniversity of St AndrewsUniversity of Stirling

Oil and Gas Centre for Doctoral training

Heriot-Watt University http://www.pet.hw.ac.uk/research/nerc-cdt-oil-gas-academic-partnership.htm

Durham UniversityImperial College LondonUniversity of AberdeenUniversity of ManchesterUniversity of Oxford

SCENARIO University of Reading www.met.reading.ac.uk/nercdtp/home Environment AgencyNERC Centre for Atmospheric ScienceNERC Centre for Earth ObservationNERC Centre for Ecology and HydrologyUK Met OfficeUniversity of Surrey

SSCP Imperial College London http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/changingplanet

Kew, Royal Botanic GardensNatural History MuseumNERC Centre for Ecology and HydrologyUK Met OfficeZoological Society of London

BGS and NERC Doctoral Training Partnerships

For more information contact:

Jon NadenBritish Geological Survey,

Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth, Nottingham

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